Understanding Staff Development - Couverture rigide

Webb, Graham

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0335192890 ISBN 13 : 9780335192892

Editeur : Open University Press, 1996

Synopsis

As quality, issues in university teaching and learning move to centre stage, so too does the theory and staff development. But upon what do developers base their own practice? where does the idea of 'development' come from and what problems does it raise? What are the shortcomings of organizing principles staff developers have been urged to take up such as 'deep' and 'surface' approaches to learning, reflective practice and action research. How can the philosophical tradition of 'understanding' and the contemporary ideas of postmodernism inform staff development practice? Graham Webb poses three key questions: What are the bases for educational and staff development? What are the weaknesses of current practices? What will an informed staff development for the future look like? Understaning Staff Development charts the philosophical landscape of staff development. It will be of interest to staff developers of all kinds, and more generally, to anyone concerned with education and human development.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1996, this book charts the philosophical landscape of staff development at a time when the subject of ‘quality’ in university teaching and learning was under examination. Graham Webb considers three main issues in his research. He focuses on what the basis for educational and staff development actually is and looks at the weaknesses of the then current practices, as well as deliberating over the future of informed staff development.

This book will be of interest to staff developers of all kinds and more generally, to anyone concerned with education and human development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335192890
• ISBN 13: 9780335192892
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible